Happy #MaddieMonday! Start your week off by catching up on posts and updates from the past week.

Maddie’s^® Summer Scholar researches why neonatal kittens suckle on littermates
If you’re familiar with neonatal kitten litters, you know that suckling is a common issue, and even leads to serious health problems. So why does it happen and how can we prevent it? With the help of Maddie’s^® Summer Scholar program, Isabelle Walcher, a student at the University of California, Davis, conducted research to find out.… Learn More

How a Maddie’s Fund^® apprenticeship helped one rescue organization avert crisis
When two large incoming pet transports occurred at the same time as a planned move into a new facility, Barbara Hutcherson and her team from Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation almost didn’t make it to Maddie’s^® Field Trip and Sleepover Foster Apprenticeship at the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA. They’re glad they did: here, they were given the… Learn More

Innovative lifesaving ideas to be awarded up to $400,000
You have until January 15 to enter Petco’s Innovation Showdown.

Less than one month to go until the American Pets Alive! Conference! 
Register today and receive 15% off with the code THANKSTOMADDIE.

Update your 2018 data with Shelter Animals Count before time runs out! 
Over $20,000 in grants will be given away! Update your January – December 2018 data now and enter to win. New registrants can also qualify! Deadline is January 31, 2019. Learn More